Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	believe_v	faith_n	holy_a	1,533	5	5.3032	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15334	A Christian and learned exposition vpon certaine verses of that eight chapter of the Epistle of that blessed Apostle Paule to the Romanes, and namely, vpon verse, 18.19.20.21.22.23. VVritten long agoe, by T.W. for a most deare friend of his in Christ, and now lately published in print, for the benefite and good of Gods people wheresoeuer.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1587 (1587)	STC 25620.5; ESTC S106381	90,228	156

holie conuersation and godlines to looke for the comming of the Lorde declareth that the heauens being on fire shall be dissolued and the elements shall melt vvith heat and the earth vvith the vvorkes that are therein shall be burnt vp And though this be most true that the Apostle vnderstandeth by that worde creature heauen and earth with all creatures therein contained yet wee must notwithstanding except from that generall and that for the causes and reasons following also these particulars insuing namely the holie and elect angelles the faithfull and godlie people of the worlde the diuelles and damned spirits as also the wicked and vngodlie of the earth spirits as also the wicked and vngodlie of the earth For as for the angelles they haue already the full fruition of the thing it selfe our Sauiour himselfe affirming that they alvvayes beholde the face of God in heauen Mar 18.10 And they can not be wel saide to wish for that that they haue in continuall and most assured possession If anie man will obiect against this trueth 1. Pet. 1.12 that that Saint Peter saith to wit that the very Angelles desire to beholde the publishing of the gospell in this life and the inioyeng that vvhich the gospell promiseth in the life to come I answere that that is not spoken neither must or can be vnderstoode of their owne wants as though they wished that for themselues for as was said before they haue all fulnesse but as in regard of their zeale to the glory of GOD which shall then be perfected when the wicked shall be troden downe for euer and the godly continually exalted and as in respect of vnfained loue to vs and our saluation which is so deare and pretious vnto them that as they are alwayes readie according to the appointment and good will of God what they can to aduaunce and further the same so doubtlesse they doe much reioice therein of which our Sauiour himselfe beareth witnesse in an other place saying â—uke 15 10. that there is ioy in the presence of the angelles of God for one sinner that conuerteth And as for the elect and faithfull people seeing they are of two sorts and yet al making but one bodie that is to say some whome the Lorde hath taken to himselfe and finished the dayes of their pilgrimage heere and othersome that doe and must tarrie the Lordes good leasure for the time of their dissolution and departure hence wee feare not to affirme that either of these may iustly in a true and holie meaning and vppon very good reasons and causes also be excepted from being comprised vnder this generall terme creature for as for the first sort they being in that state and condition that the Angelles are that is alwaies beholding the face of God in heauen they can not nor doe not any more wish the same than they And if at anie time they seeme as the Angelles before are saide to doe the same and for and in regarde of the same considerations and causes they finding also now that they are in heauen that to beleeue in themselues which while they were on the earth they did as in regard of the forefathers of their faith beleeue to be true bicause the holy ghost hath spoken it That they vvithout vs can not bee perfect Hebr. 11.40 And the latter must needes be excepted likewise as who are by the spirite of God in the mouth and penne of the Apostle excepted in the 22. and 23. verses following Philip. 1.23 who daily desire euen in this life to be loosed from hence and to be vvith Christ vvhich is best of all and continually sigh and grone 2. Cor. 5.2 that they may be clothed vvith their house vvhich is from heauen As for the diuels and damned spirites which are the third in number that are excepted from this we haue also good reason to except them both bicause that in their peruersenesse against God and man they do not onelie not carry that loue toward the adauncement of Gods glorie or the accomplishment of the number of Gods elect and their saluation that the Angelles and faithful people do but rather would if they could tel how to the vttermost of their power continually deface both the one and the other and also bicause that they know that when that time commeth then there shall fall vpon them in most dreadfull maner the fulnesse and perpetuitie indeede of their endles condemnation they themselues after a sort confessing the truth of this when they saide to our Sauior Christ Art thou come to torment vs before the time Mat. 8.29 Lastly that the wicked themselues should be excepted there is a double reason likewise one is bicause they are so far off from desiring that day that they do rather prophanely scoffe scorne at as al truth vniuersally so particularly that which is deliuered touching the generall iudgement and the day of the restauration of all things Of whome S. Peter speaketh notably calling them mockers 2. Pet. 3.3 4. and men that vvill vvalke after their ovvne lusts vvhich say vvhere is the promise of his comming for since the fathers died all thinges continue alike from the beginning of the creation the other bicause they labor as much as in them lieth partlie by the manifolde pleasures that they possesse in this life and partly by benummednesse of heart and growing into forgetfulnes to put far from them the euil day wishing that either it might neuer come or els that it might be de ferred as long as possibly might be That wee may say nothing of this that euen they theÌ„selues as the diuels likewise whose slaues and seruants they are do in the sight of their sin the fear of the punishment that they know they haue deserued for it treÌ„ble quake we knowing this also to be true by coÌ„mon experience that no malefactor wisheth the day of his arraignement much lesse the time of his execution for if he might be left to his libertie or put to his choise he woulde be glad rather to liue though it were in all miserie and that therfore neither the diuelles nor the wicked can or will desire that time that shall be vnto them not so dreadful as death only but so fearful terrible both for bodies soules and that for euer and euer world without end as cannot be either thought or expressed In these exceptions I haue freelie according to my poore measure deliuered my minde not meaning yet therein either to attribute perfection to my owne words or to barre or stop vp the way to other who in these deep points may certainly see say more than I do from adding hervnto Only in this behalfe as in all other let vs looke to vtter that we do vpon good grounds and warrants of the word onelie It followeth vvaiteth to wit as it were with a certaine kind of patience and quietnes for howsoeuer the burthen be greeuous vnto them

againe sufficiently declare the same vnto vs. For what do the murrens sicknesses and infinite diseases and at the last death also attending vpon the creatures preach else vnto vs And what can we see else in the excessiue abuse of the creatures throughout the whole course of mens liues some in apparell abusing them to pride and newefanglednes othersome in eating and drinking turning them to lust wantonnes glutonie and drunkennes othersome by a hoarding of them vp and hauing no vse of them subiecting them to moaths wormes rust and rottennes depriuing as theÌ„selues so others and specially the church and common-wealth of the free christian vse of them no man almost among ten thousand striuing or caring religiously and in sanctification to vse them Not of it ovvne vvill The reason is bicause if the creature could choose it would not be subiect to that poor estate By which we may see that he meaneth then that it is vnwillingly in respect of it self brought vnder this condition and yet notwithstanding by the meanes of mans sin subdued to this thraldome and slauery And seing we know that such creaturs haue no sens or wit thogh for our rudenes sake such thinges are ascribed to them let vs therfore vnderstand that vvil in this place must be taken for som naturall inclination in the creatures against which they are subiect as before not otherwise And the rather let vs yeelde to this bicause we see by the light of humane reson that eueri thing doth by a natural instinct aime at the preseruation of it selfe what it can if it can not effect it it is not for want of care or loue in themselues for themselues but by reason of som more strong working cause either inward or outward to which thei are coÌ„strained to giue place But by reason of him that is to saye by reson of god his holy ordinaÌ„ce who hath mercifully apointed that notwithstanding mans great sin which indeed was the first cause of tainting of the creaturs for by creation they vvere exceeding good Genes 1.31 Genes 3.17 when sin once entred the Lorde cursed the earth and all things therein for mans sinne sake and the contrarie inclination of the creature that still they shoulde be subiect vnto vs though not in so large a measure and plentifull sorte as before the fall of man yet in suche aboundance as might serue for the manifesting of Gods great mercie towards vs poore and miserable men that we are might tend to the maintenance and vpholding of our naturall life not onelie with things of necessitie or profit but of pleasure and delight also All which should teach vs to be humblie thankefull vnto him that hath dealte with vs in so large a hand and that not onelie in the wordes of our mouthes but also in the reuerent soules and sanctified vse of his creatures and that the rather bicause whereas he might for our sinnes haue iustly depriued vs not of some one of them alone but of all of them and by consequent of our naturall life also he hath been pleased to leaue to vs a most large and liberall portion as before hath beene saide VVhich to wit God alone for none other can do it but he and such as he shall appoint and furnishe with gifts for the dooing of the same For besides that we see many of the mightie creatures vntameable and euery one of them in their rage readie to fall vppon men to their vtter ruine as we may see in lions beares woolues tygers and an infinit number such like specially such as be at libertie in the wilde woodes and wildernesses wee knowe by the light of the worde and triall of our times that if God will furnish but the least of his armie or creatures with power that not men onelie but that not all the men in the world can withstand much lesse subdue the same Why coulde not Pharao hinder the cralling of frogges in his ovvne chamber Psal 105.30 31 nor let the svvarmes of flies and lice that vvere in all the quarters of his land Why be not we our selues able to auoide the dartes of death the griefe of the graue Nay what speake I of such great things Why do we not shunne if we could the stinging of bees and waspes the bitings of gnats flies and sundrie such like We see then that this must needes be vnderstoode of God alone bicause it is as a man woulde say a certain description of him For in whose hand and power is it else to cause the creatures to tremble and quake at his presence and to walke in obedience vnto his good pleasure but in the Lords alone Let vs proceede hath subdued to wit by his almightie power by the force of his eternall word ordinance and decree which as it was strong in the beginning to make all things of nothing and hath beene powerful euer since the creation in the strength of that blessing that the Lord did giue vnto the workes of his owne handes to multiply increase preserue and vpholde all that he created so no doubt it is and shall be mightie and effectuall notwithstanding that man by the meanes of his sinne did what he coulde to hinder it to cause all the creatures to stoupe and bend to that vse of man that the Lord woulde haue them subiect vnto Otherwise certainely neither could the creatures be brought vnder nor continue in that their subiection He addeth it that is to saye the creature or all creatures calling them al as it were by the name of one both for the excellencie of him that is the one and the onely creator and also for the singuler harmonie and consent which is amongst all the creatures them selues howsoeuer that nowe and then thorow the corruption that cleaueth vnto them by mans sinne they seeme to iarre one of them with an other and to be hurtfull and noisome one to an other but of this somewhat hath bene said before therefore wee staye not vppon it now but go forward vnder hope To wit of restitution to that excellent estate which they had by creation and of deliuerie from that miserable and slauish estate wherin they presently are and not vnder hope either of perpetuity or vse as some dote and dreame of both which points and some others also wee will speake hereafter God willing but yet no otherwise by gods grace then as we haue learned out of gods worde In the meane while let vs marke that in these wordes the Apostle mindeth to giue vs to vnderstand that God neuer purposed for mans sinne to subiect his creatures to a continuall course or such a punishment as should neuer be done away but hath giuen them some hope that they shall bee freed from the same Which thing ought notablie in my minde to glade the heart strengthen the perswasions of the sons of God that in as much as the creatutes shall bee freed from the course of sinne much

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